The Eye of The Storm | Dave East

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After 5 hours of watching reruns of On My Block on Netflix, about 9 hours of watching Zoe's vlogs on Youtube, and reading all you guys beautiful, heart filled messages and comments telling me how much you love this book and to not end it, and how I give you guys hope, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to end it and I'm going to continue to do everything I planned out for this book, the upcoming sequel, and whatever comes after that.

I also came to the conclusion that THIS IS MY MOTHAFUCKIN BOOK AND AS MY MAMA WOULD SAY, "IF YOU DON'T LIKE HOW IM RUNNING SHIT OVER HERE, THEN GO GET YOUR FUCKING OWN AND YOU CAN RUN IT HOWEVER YOU WANT OVER THERE!"

If you don't like how I'm always talking about Jd and Steph, then do what I do when I don't like a book on Wattpad: EXIT OUT OF IT. There can't just be two main characters; that shit'll get boring.

There's no need at all for any shady comments about what I'm doing over here. Being a writer is not easy, and if you don't believe me then try it.

I'm just going to start muting folks. 🖕🏾

I love and appreciate all of you guys dearly. I really do... I promise, you're all greatly appreciated. Thank you for all of your love and support. ❤️

Now, I hope you all enjoy this chapter that I wrote for you guys. 🤞🏾

Christmas Day...

Angel

I opened my eyes to a dark room.

I felt around the cold bed for David only to of course find out that he was gone. He was no longer cuddling with me, kissing me and my neck, or roaming his hands all over my body.

That was the best sleep I've had in a while. Usually, it would consist of me tossing and turning and waking up all throughout the night. It was the most comfortable I've ever been.

I sighed feeling sadness takeover...

I felt around more and felt the small body of a sleeping Kairi next to me. I scooted closer to her and kissed her face.

When I tried to turn over, my foot kicked something and it hit the floor. I scrunched my face up and sat up.

The door opened and the lights turned on. I gasped looking at all the boxes of designers sprawled all over the bed.

I looked up and saw Dave closing the door. "Hey, Merry Christmas!" He said smiling from ear to ear; he picked up the box that fell on the floor.

I got out of bed and jumped in his arms. He caught me and chuckled as he swayed back and forth.

"Thank you..." I whispered into his neck. "You're welcome Mama. You deserve it all." He said back to me.

I got down off of him and he kissed my cheek. I ran to the bathroom and grabbed my robe; slipping it on. I ran back out and saw him sitting on the bed.

"Are all of these mine?" I asked excitedly.

He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah you and Kai's. This is all I could really bring; the rest of them are back home."

My eyes grew wide. "The rest of them?" He nodded his head. I slightly smiled. "Um.. Gosh I don't know where to start first..." I said as I gazed over all the presents.

"Start with this one." He handed me a Gucci shoe box. I gasped, "David you didn't..."

"I did though..." He smiled and I began to take the lid off. "You didn't..." My voice cracked. "Yes I did."